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US Boosts Sudan Aid as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens - Inter Press Service
"Global oil prices are set by a variety of factors, many of which are outside of the control of US policy," a senior administration official said in a conference call on Monday. "(A)s the president has talked about on several occasions, factors that ...
Israeli Experts Mum on Iran Attack to Support Bibi's Bluff - Inter Press Service
A former national security official, who did not wish to be identified, told IPS some people who have worked with Netanyahu have said he is less decisive than former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Iran, although he personally disagrees with that ...
Karzai's Team Clashes over Relations With US - Inter Press Service
What Khurram insinuated, an official close to Ludin said, was that the foreign ministry was betraying Afghanistan in negotiations with the US. Ludin said he would take it upon himself to stop GMIC from making such statements, to which Khurram ...
Development Aid in Cuba Threatened by Red Tape - Inter Press Service
"A lot of money is being lost simply because of bureaucracy," an economist who asked to remain anonymous told IPS. Representatives from several nongovernmental organisations with offices in Cuba told IPS that the most serious aspect of this problem is ...
'Shopping Tourism' Promotes Regional Unity in the Balkans - Inter Press Service
A local butcher who declined to give his name said, "On Saturdays or Sundays we only see Bulgarians in our shops; that saves our business, as our people (Serbs) have less and less money." Apart from the lure of cheap food, Croats come to Serbia very ...
To the Rescue of Children in Hands of Peru's Shining Path - Inter Press Service
They use them to protect themselves," said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. The joint command has managed to identify a number of the children, including several from the Ashaninka indigenous community, who live in Peru's central jungle ...
UN Special Envoy on Iran Details Pattern of Rights Abuses - Inter Press Service
"Even if Mr. Shaheed could travel to Iran, me and others could not meet with him for the severe consequences we might have faced afterward," he told IPS on the condition of anonymity. "The Iranian judiciary will never let him enter Iran because they ...
Dempsey Told Israelis US Won't Join Their War on Iran - Inter Press Service
The analyst, who insisted on anonymity because of his continuing contacts with US military and intelligence personnel, said the 2006 Lebanon War debacle continues to haunt the thinking of IDF leaders. In that war, it became clear that the IDF had not ...
Mass Tragedy Feared as Closure of MEK Camp Looms - Inter Press Service
But Rajavi, who lives outside Paris and met with Kobler last weekend, is insisting that US or UN troops accompany the Ashraf residents, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity. ...
Occupy Oakland Shuts Downtown, Port Areas - Inter Press Service
One, who declined to give her name, said she sees herself part of the 99 percent, as her department is shrinking. "City services are going away," she said. "The system is not working." She added that she had some concern with protesters occupying ...
Ahmadinejad Sticks to Script in Seventh UN Appearance - Inter Press Service
"In a similar meeting last year, a couple of people touched on the election and its aftermath in their questions," an activist told IPS on the condition of anonymity as she was not permitted to speak on behalf of her organisation. ...
Iran Prepares for Parliamentary Elections amid Uncertainty - Inter Press Service
One political analyst who asked not to be identified argued that the conservatives have lost credibility in society because of their absolute support for the hard-line trends in the country over the past eight years. "The conservatives understand that ...
Court Pleadings Charge US Complicity in Mexico's Drug War - Inter Press Service
That school remains forever," said Hernandez, whose book cites an anonymous source confirming Mexico's role as a storehouse and channel for arms and drugs. "Now, the US government will have to respond to Zambada-Niebla's allegations," she added. ...
Behind the Closed Doors of Port-au-Prince "Reconstruction" - Inter Press Service
An official at the Ministry of Planning – who asked not to be identified by name because he had not been given permission to speak – said he did not know if DAA was chosen via a bidding process, nor did he know the total amount of the contracts for ...
Import of Second Hand Japanese Cars to be Banned - Inter Press Service
An official, from the Zimbabwe Inland Revenue Authority speaking on the condition of anonymity said Toyota was the most imported brand. He added: "We don't really understand why the minister of environment wants these cars banned. ...
Street Harassment, Not 'Compliments' - Inter Press Service
Now an adult, who asked to remain anonymous, she told IPS she still remembers how shocking it was. Another woman said she gradually changed the way she dressed in order to avoid having to listen to the rude comments men made when she wore more ...
Ahmadinejad's Subsidy Reductions Squeeze Iran's Producers - Inter Press Service
"A plan intended to help the economy by strengthening production and creating employment is turning into an anti-industry and production plan," the owner of a large cable and wire factory, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, ...
Plan to Host 2018 Commonwealth Games Opposed - Inter Press Service
A senior economist, who declined to be named, told IPS that the Games would be a big investment with no real economic return. "We are not sure enough of winning the bid because India and the UK are unlikely to support our application. ...
Very Little 'Extraordinary' About Latest SADC Summit - Inter Press Service
The paper quoted an anonymous source within SADC as saying, "We want an investigation because this has become an institution of money laundering. They create illegal contracts, they are always traveling abroad, there is no transparency and ...
A Sugar Boost for the Cuban Economy - Inter Press Service
... which was once the driving force of the Cuban economy, includes expanding the area under sugar cane cultivation from the current 750000 hectares to over a million hectares, according to a researcher on the subject who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Coalition Against the High Cost of Living - Inter Press Service
One soldier who took part in the mutiny - he declined to give his name - told IPS, "Maybe it wasn't the right way to do it, with guns, but many of us have social problems and don't know where to turn." A good number of people in Kampala already walk ...
Diplomatic Breakthrough Elusive as Troops Clash on Border - Inter Press Service
"Cambodia has been consistent in trying to find an answer, even suggesting measures like aerial mapping to photograph 23 disputed areas along the border where they want a resolution," a Southeast Asian diplomat told IPS on condition of anonymity. ...
Unrest Spreads Further - Inter Press Service
"People are very angry, especially since men arrested in the city of Banyas were released and accounts of torture circulated among residents," says one activist, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons. Al Jazeera reported on Apr. 13 that at ...
Balancing Bane and Blessing of Oil - Inter Press Service
The expert, who requested anonymity, agreed with those who attribute military air strikes against Libya to the interest of Washington and its European allies in seizing control over Libya's oil reserves, estimated at 42 billion barrels, ...
Backlash Against Women in Politics - Inter Press Service
"It is difficult for some of to digest such messages as we are always arrested for marching and campaigning for the right to feed our children and send them to school," said a WOZA activist who also asked that her name not be used. ...